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AO is published 10 times per year by the Economic Research
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Materials may be reprinted
without permission.
Contents have been approved by the World Agricultural Outlook Board.
AO is the main source of USDA's farm and food price forecasts.
AO emphasizes the short-term outlook for all major areas
of the agricultural economy. It also presents long-term analyses
of such issues as U.S. agricultural policy, trade forecasts and
export-market development, food safety, the environment, and farm
financial institutions. Each issue includes 25 pages of data on
individual commodities, the general economy, U.S. farm trade, farm
income, production expenses, input use, prices received and paid
by farmers, per capita food consumption, and related issues.
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